The highly anticipated anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki manga series has been delayed indefinitely once again. The announcement was made by the Uzumaki Anime Production Team on the anime’s official Twitter page. No firm updated premiere date has been given at this time.
The production team explained that series director Hiroshi Nagahama (Mushishi, The Flowers of Evil) had asked for more time to recreate the manga properly and replicate the intricate designs, quality, and detailed line work present in Ito’s original manga.
An important update for our Uzumaki Anime. pic.twitter.com/J3auulSvTI
— UzumakiAnime (@UzumakiAnime1) June 27, 2022
They also stated that they don’t want to “compromise its quality by delivering a mediocre final project” and are “committed to pursuing the completion of this work at the highest caliber.”
Adult Swim senior vice president Jason DeMarco also confirmed news of the delay on his Twitter page.
#uzumaki update:
— SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) June 27, 2022
GOOD NEWS- it’s coming along amazing
BAD NEWS- we are delaying it yet again.
The production asked for more time, and we are giving it to them.
Here’s the director’s statement: pic.twitter.com/XewUGT94He
Originally announced in 2019, this will be the third delay in the highly anticipated anime production after an updated premiere date in October 2022. It was previously scheduled for release in 2020 and 2021.
The four-episode Uzumaki anime series will be produced entirely in black and white animation. Studio Drive is in charge of the animation production while Production I.G USA and Adult Swim are producing the anime.
The voice cast includes Uki Satake as Kirie Goshima, Shinichirou Miki as Shuichi Saito, Toshio Furukawa as Kirie’s Father, Takashi Matsuyama as Shuichi’s Father, Mika Doi as Yukie Saito, Mariya Ise as Azami Kurotami, Katsunoshi Matsuzaki as Katayama, Wataru Hatano as Okada, Tatsumaru Tachibana as Tsumura, Kouichi Touchika as Yokota, and Ami Fukushima as Shiho.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English and describes the series as:
Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but a pattern: UZUMAKI, the spiral—the hypnotic secret shape of the world. The bizarre masterpiece horror manga is now available all in a single volume. Fall into a whirlpool of terror!
Source: Uzumaki Official Anime Twitter
